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Rome Richards

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Rome Richards is an Australian poet, lyricist and author. For her, poetry is a kind of alchemy, a sacred craft that transforms the pain of heartbreak, hardship and the complexities of love into something beautiful and transcendent.

Rome's work is dark, delicate and haunting. She often pairs chilling imagery with sweet undertones. Raised on the windswept, rain-soaked coast of Victoria, Rome’s deep connection to the natural world around her seeps through her writing. She writes with the tenderness of someone who has loved deeply and the sharpness of someone who has survived it.

Rome studied Film and Television at Swinburne University in Melbourne, where her gift for storytelling earned her the prestigious Matchbox Pictures Script of the Year Aw
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Girl on the Ceiling

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"Rome Richards’ Girl on the Ceiling is a searing, unflinching dive into the dark corners of girlhood, toxic love, and the quiet, lifelong ache of heartbreak and betrayal. This book is not gentle—but that’s precisely its power. With haunting lyricism a" Read more of this review »
Girl on the Ceiling by Rome Richards
"Beautiful. Raw. Deep.

The embodiment of women, on a page.
This book of poetry was amazing! Beautifully written and wonderfully reflective.
The poems explore complex themes such as love, loss, and identity with nuance and depth.
Through careful attenti" Read more of this review »
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"All i have is the breath that flows through me and the words that flow out of me."


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